Karl Rove: Bush "has, and should have, the gratitude of all Americans" for keeping US safe

[sabra]

http://foxforum.blogs.foxnews.com/2009/01/12/asseenon_rove/

KARL ROVE, FOX NEWS CONTRIBUTOR/FORMER BUSH SENIOR ADVISER AND DEPUTY CHIEF OF STAFF: That was the President Bush I’ve known for 30 some odd years {speaking at his final press conference on Monday, Jan. 12}. I had dinner last night with him and he was revved up about going out this morning and having news conference and letting it all hang out. And he did.

He is a person who is focused on the here and now and the action. And, you know, four years ago, this is sort of the introspection that members of the press love to ask about. What did you do wrong? Well, his focus was on what do I need to do right in the months ahead.

This is a person who, behind-the-scenes, is very reflective. Who’s very curious and very tough in asking good questions of the people that work for him and work around him. And let’s return to, for a second, to what his mindset was. I think it was the mindset of a lot of Americans. We were wondering after September 11 whether we were going to be hit again. And he knew it was his responsibility to keep the country safe. And that has been his all consuming passion for the last seven years — is to make certain that the institutions, structures and policies are in place to keep America safe and it’s worked. And for that he has, and should have, the gratitude of all Americans.

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[AndyA]

1. Right. Bush sure did keep us safe. Except for that little thing on 9/11/2001.

But that was no biggie. :eyes:




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[Edweird]

23. Don't forget the anthrax attacks and Katrina...

not to mention all the Americans he killed with his wars of choice and the bad will resulting from them....

[mod mom]

2. karl should be serving a long prison term, not suggesting public advice.

[ShadesOfGrey]

15. Yea, Bush sure did keep Karl safe. He should be serving time. nt

[spanone]

3. blow it out your ass karl, we weren't safe on september 11, 2001...and bu$h* was president

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

4. Kinda like thanking the arsonist for ridding your house of fleas.

[underpants]

5. .

[SammyWinstonJack]

6. Lipstick on a pig, george is neither reflective nor curious.

[daninthemoon]

7. he also prevented earthquakes and tsunamis. we're so ungrateful.

I hate to wish harm to anyone, and as long as no-one got hurt, I would almost be glad to see an alquaida attack before Obama takes office. it's the only thing that these assholes are still claiming success about. they shouldn't get away with it.

[tularetom]

8. Can't have it both ways ya fat piece a crap

If he deserves credit for keepin us safe since September 11, he deserves an equal or greater amount of blame for letting it happen.

[daninthemoon]

11. but he started listening to the briefings on sep 12th. he's perfect.

just ask him.

[BOSSHOG]

9. Bill Clinton did too karl, but you know your ignorant audience.

[Stevenmarc]

10. Rove needs a little Atwater come to Jesus moment.

[sinkingfeeling]

12. Sure. They did a 'heckuva job'. Just as soon as all GOPers admit that Clinton did a

better job (he actually caught the guys responsible and put them in prison).

[Blaze Diem]

13. and 25% of Americans agree with you KKKarl.

About the same percent that emerge from the Bush years as multi-billionaires.
The other 75% believe Bush should be in prison.

[Marr]

14. He had the single biggest domestic terrorist attack occur on his watch.

How in the hell did he "keep us safe"?

Saying we should start counting on Sept. 12th is more than a little ridiculous. Why should we only count the days after 9-11? Because he wasn't serious about it before that? Are were really supposed to just brush off those 3000 dead people and give him a do over because he wasn't paying attention before then? What a joke.

[FormerDittoHead]

16. ..and if another 9/11 happened 1/22/09, they'd manage not to blame Bush for it... n/t

[gratuitous]

17. Oh yeah, as I said to my friend in his office at the World Trade Center the other day

Oh wait; my friend's office at the World Trade Center doesn't exist anymore. What was that you were saying about keeping America safe, Mr. Rove? Or did you mean you and your political cronies when you said "America"?

[aquart]

18. So now we're ungrateful?

[LeftHander]

19. ahhhh wasn't Bush on duty during the worst terror attack....

Or did I miss something.....

[Javaman]

20. more revisionist bullshit. it's like moron* became prez AFTER 9/11 and the anthraz attacks. nt

[Winterblues]

21. People's economic safety is every bit as important as some imagined threat.

No one dropped a nuke on us under Clinton either and Clinton still kept us economically sound with very little to fear. Can't say that about Bush*.

[liberalmuse]

22. I'd love to personally show Rove and Bush the depth of my gratitude.

[Golden Raisin]

24. They lie, twist , spin and distort.

Like when Bush "wins" by 51% it's a "mandate". Mandate, my ass. A mandate is when you win 80/20. He did NOT keep us safe. 9/11 happened on Bush's watch and it didn't happen the day after he was inaugurated. The hole in lower Manhattan is still there and as horrible as 9/11 is/was, the holes Bush ripped in our Constitution after 9/11 are even worse.

[Frustratedlady]

25. Can someone explain to me how we know there were to be more hits?

They keep saying Bush kept us safe. Safe from what? Do they have a count? Proof there were more attacks that they stopped before they happened? Are they talking about the shoe bomber? That was a passenger that turned him in, right? Bush had nothing to do with him.

I'd like to see a count.

[wickerwoman]

26. Tell that to the 3,400 American kids who are dead

because he lied his way into a needless war. How safe are they?

Go peddle that shit on the streets of New Orleans Karl.

[Hubert Flottz]

27. Too bad nobody kept us safe from the Bush mob.

[anonymous171]

28. Bill Clinton kept us even safer and managed not to fuck up the economy.

Check and mate.

[WVRICK13]

29. I Feel More Safe - NOT

Hmmm, whose was on watch when 9-11 happened? Anthrax, just a minor problem. Katrina, cost to repair too expensive (just a fraction of the made up emergency that created the Wall Street bailout).

At least we don't have to worry about other countries hating us for our freedom after the Patriot Act.

[samsingh]

30. anyone care to rebut this delusion?